“It is my sincere hope our governments will soon conclude a civilian nuclear agreement which will enable development of nuclear power for civil use,” Stephen Harper, Canadian prime minister said.
Canada and India have signed a memorandum of understanding in 2009 which will let Canada play a role in India’s planned building of 25 to 30 nuclear reactors.
India has signed civil nuclear agreements with countries, including US, Russia and France, after a 30 year ban on supplies to the country was lifted in September 2008.
Canada is in negotiations with China and India to promote nuclear power generation to help meet increasing power demand in the two Asian countries. India’s reactor demand for uranium may triple in the next 15 years, according to Cameco Corporation.
Australia does not allow exports of the nuclear fuel to India because the nation has not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Kevin Rudd, Australia’s prime minister said the nation is not trying to separate India on critical nuclear policy concerns.
